Jovani Furlan Soloist, Miami City Ballet As a bold Tony for Maria, a tender Romeo for Juliet or a troubled Don José for Carmen, Jovani Furlan brings frank passion to his partnering. Even in works without plot, this recently promoted Miami City Ballet soloist can amplify character to marvelous effect—with a probing humanity, for instance, […]
Here, we salute the troublemakers, the rule breakers, the artists who turn their backs on convention to push the field in new directions. Every dance artist, in their own way, is a renegade—it takes a certain kind of rebellious spirit to choose this career. But some also have the guts to disrupt the status quo […]
Jeremiah Crank of Liss Fain Dance. Photo by RJ Muna, Courtesy John Hill. Right Brain/Left Brain SAN FRANCISCO Can dancing be divided into hemispheres, like the brain? That is what Matthew Antaky will attempt with his split set design for A Space Divided at Z Space, April 9–12. The project is directed by Liss Fain, who has invited […]
PNB’s Carla Körbes and The Royal Ballet’s Eric Underwood in Agon at Vail 2012. Photo by Erin Baiano. Ballet lovers have been hanging their heads low ever since Carla Körbes announced that she would be retiring this spring. She initially mentioned that she wouldn’t be putting aside her pointe shoes entirely, but never […]
Dancer Emily Coates. Photo by Peter Gannushkin, Courtesy Danspace. What happens when you put a postmodern choreographer and a ballet dancer in the studio and let them run free? It’s a concept that has informed dance since the 1970s, admits former New York Times dance critic Claudia La Rocco. Her experiment, Dancers, Building, and […]
What happens when one of America’s most iconic modern dance companies closes? Six former Cunningham dancers reflect on how the experience led them to where they are today. When the Merce Cunningham Dance Company gave its final performance on December 31, 2011—the culmination of its two-year, international Legacy Tour—many people wondered what would happen to Cunningham’s vast, pioneering body […]
The Invisible Dog Art Center Brooklyn, NY June 12–15, 2013 A dance performance inspired by a riot, no matter how violent in execution, will never be a riot. No dance will ever capture or adequately explain what happened at New York’s Attica Correctional Facility in 1971, when prisoners rose up, took hostages […]
Our top picks for 2013 Photo of Frances Chiaverini by Matthew Karas. Emily Kikta At 5′ 10″, Emily Kikta of New York City Ballet is hard to miss onstage. But in addition to her long lines, she stands out for the superb clarity of her dancing. In the corps of Balanchine’s poetic […]
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